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Topics in Literary Modernism CURRICULUM GUIDELINE
Topics in Literary Modernism CURRICULUM GUIDELINE
Any TWO university-transfer first-year English courses, or ONE first-year university-transfer English
course and ONE first-year university-transfer CRWR course, AND a minimum of 45 credit hours.
Corequisites
Equivalencies Not Specified
Maximum Class Size: 25
PLAR: No
Course Curriculum
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of any third-year English literature course, students should be able to
1. read and analyze literary texts with increased skill and insight;
2. integrate their understanding of literature into an evolving awareness of relevant cultural and
historical contexts and perspectives;
3. perceive connections among literary texts across genres, historical periods, and/or cultural
contexts;
4. conduct independent research to supplement the course material and integrate this information
into course assignments; and
5. write different kinds of literary analyses, such as thematic, technical, or theoretical.
Course Content
1. Students are presumed to have had first-year level instruction and experience in writing critical
essays on literary subjects.
2. Students are required to read in the course subject area beyond the texts assigned by the instructor.
3. Students are required to incorporate into their oral and written coursework secondary source
materials which may include biographical information, literary criticism or theory, unassigned
texts by the author under study, relevant cultural or intellectual history, or other aesthetic works
such as music or visual art.
Readings and topics vary with each instructor’s presentation of a course, but all course materials are
consistent with the objectives and outcomes for this course.
1. students will read a selection of modernist texts, as well as some theoretical/critical material
relevant to the particular theme or focus.
2. areas of concentration and course content will vary with the instructor but may include, but not be
limited to, explorations of: the influence of technology on creative practice; the role of warfare—
and artist’s experiences of warfare—in artistic production; the effect of shifting genre
expectations; the effect of new creative modes such as advertising, cinema, and comics on creative
practice; the role of other literary traditions, styles, perspectives in the development of modernist
aesthetics; the development—and deployment—of theoretical and aesthetic perspectives.
3. the texts chosen may have been produced originally in English or studied in translation.
4. the texts chosen will be predominantly literary, but may include other artistic genres such as film,
music, and painting.
Methods Of Instruction
1. lecture/discussion;
2. group work;
3. peer review;
4. independent research;
5. instructor feedback on students’ work;
6. individual consultation; and
7. presentation (individual or group).
Text Books\Materials
Texts will vary with authors and genres selected by the instructor, and may include shorter readings
compiled in custom course packs.
Typically, the syllabus will draw upon texts by some of the authors and representative aesthetic
movements listed below which characterize a cross-section of modernist writing and theoretical thinking:
Authors may include James Joyce, T. S. Eliot, Virginia Woolf, Ezra Pound, E. M. Forster, Joseph Conrad,
Bertolt Brecht, Marianne Moore, F. T. Marinetti, Wyndham Lewis, W. B. Yeats, Gertrude Stein, Mina
Loy, E. E. Cummings, John Dos Passos, William Faulkner, Thomas Mann, H.D., Tristan Tzara, André
Breton, Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray, Heinrich Ibsen, William Carlos Williams, Ford Madox Ford,
Dorothy Richardson, Wallace Stevens, Anton Chekhov, Marcel Proust, Rebecca West, Nancy Cunard,
Mary Butts, Hart Crane, Djuna Barnes, Jean Rhys, Elizabeth Bowen, Samuel Beckett, Walter Benjamin,
Theodor Adorno.
Aesthetic movements encountered may include Futurism, Vorticism, Imagism, Cubism, Surrealism, and
Dadaism.
The example below is a reading list for a version of the course governed by a specific theme:
Means Of Assessment
1. A minimum of two academic essays and a final exam worth at least 80% of the course grade
(combined total).
2. A maximum of 20% of the course grade may be based on informal writing (quizzes, short answer
tests); oral reports/presentations; participation/preparation grades; and/or other non writing-
intensive assignments.
Credit: 3.0
Description: This course explores works of literature specifically intended for children and young adults, as well as
traditional influences on children's literature, such as folk and fairy tales and moral tales. Students will read works
reflecting a variety of literary genres, as well as contextual and/or critical material related to the works being
studied.
Course Details
Prerequisites
Corequisites
PLAR: No
Course Curriculum
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of any second-year English literature course, the student should be able to
1. use with increased proficiency the skills of literary analysis taught in first-year English courses;
2. recognize the significance of the literary and other contexts (such as biographical, historical, mythological
or philosophical) of a work being studied;
3. read critically and use in essays secondary sources (such as criticism or other texts by the same author) as
an aid to comprehending the primary text(s) being studied;
4. read critically and independently texts not discussed in class; and
5. formulate a thesis on a given subject in one or more specific works, and to develop this thesis using
suitable textual evidence.
Upon completion of English 2112, the successful student should also have a deeper understanding of
Course Content
1. Students are presumed to be proficient in the writing of critical essays on literary subjects.
2. Students are required to read in the course subject area beyond the texts assigned by the instructor or
discussed in class.
3. Students are required to incorporate into their oral and written coursework secondary source materials.
These may include autobiographical or biographical material; literary criticism or theory; unassigned texts
by the author under study; relevant cultural or intellectual history; or other arts, such as music, film, or
fine arts.
4. Readings and topics will vary with each instructor’s presentation of a course; however, all course
materials are consistent with the objectives/outcomes for this course.
In English 2112, students will examine at least two full-length novels as well as some of the following:
Methods Of Instruction
1. Lecture/discussion;
2. Group work;
3. Peer editing;
4. Group or individual presentations;
5. Independent research;
6. Instructor feedback on students’ work; and
7. Individual consultation.
Text Books\Materials
Texts will vary depending on the instructor, and may include shorter readings compiled in custom course
packs.
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Means Of Assessment
1. A minimum of two formal academic essays, with a combined value of at least 40% of the course grade.
2. A minimum of 80% of the course grade will be based on writing assignments (essays, essay-based exams,
journals, paragraphs). A maximum of 20% of the course grade may be based on informal writing (quizzes,
short answer tests); oral reports/presentations; participation/preparation grades; and/or other non
writing-intensive assignments.
3. A minimum of 15% of the course grade will be based on in-class writing (essay or exam).
According to the College Evaluation Policy, the final grade awarded to each student shall consist of at
least three separate assessments. No single assessment will be weighted at more than 40% of the final
course grade.